as its high salt content stresses the kidneys. Other salt-based fermented foods can cause similar problems in susceptible persons. In addition, fermented foods, as well as yeasted breads or cakes, are not recommended for those with either systemic or localized yeast infections. The right amount of fermented foods, on the other hand, will aid in the digestion of the rest of the meal, especially when it is high in protein, fats, or grain. * Anthropologist Carleton Coon speculated that“ the introduction of cooking may well have been the decisive factor in leading man from a primarily animal existence into one that was more fully human.” 2
The most primitive tribe discovered in our time, the Tasaday in the Philippines, had no wheel and no weapons— but they did have fire, which they started with wooden sticks, and over which they roasted wild yams and other foods. † Source: USDA Agriculture Handbook # 8.